And because CBJ's so awesome, she telepathically inspired me to start and finish another chapter last night |D
Corpse the Creature is (C) moi
Chapter 10: A Friend Among the Graves
It wasn't long after they started that they mobians caught Dayd at the entrance of a graveyard. "Hold it, Dayd!" Kaity hissed, grabbing a loose end of his coat. He growled and slashed at the chameleon's arm, making her cry out as the blade sliced her scales. The human took a sharp turn into the graveyard he stood outside of.
Jenna and Espio were the first to turn in after him. "Keep sight of him, Jennavive." Espio instructed, "There's plenty of tombstones to hide behind in here or make a maze of."
"Don't call me-"
"Watch it!" Vector's voice cut in behind them as Dayd suddenly spun and lunged at Jenna. The girl threw her arms up in guard as the blade came at her; she only felt the cord slip off her neck, as if being torn off. If she had not been born a reptile, her blood would have run cold as the thought registered.
"No! The emerald!" Jenna shouted, charging after the human as he made his second hasty retreat. The Chaotix didn't pause even for a moment as they continued the chase, now with two reasons to catch the human. One; he was a wanted criminal. Two; the gem he had was very important. "Give it back, Dayd!" Jenna shouted in a furious tone, if Dayd managed to get away from her with that emerald...!
"No chance, JennaAAAAHHH!" The human, and mobians behind him, all came to an abrupt halt. A silhouette or someone...something stood not too far off. It stood as tall as a normal mobian, but one ear looked much smaller than the other.
The creature approached rather timidly; by then there was just barely enough light to make out his features. The group could see the mis-matched ears were of two different types; on the right a hedgehog ear and on the left a fox ear. Both matched the copper color of the being's fur.
"He's...he's got stitches in him!" Charmy squealed in a weak voice, pointing to strands of thick black thread holding both ears in their place. And, as the group observed, the creature also had thread attaching his arms and legs in several places as well as keeping a Y-shaped coroner's incision together.
"Whoa! It's Frankenstein!" Kaity said in a purposely loud voice, pointing at the being in front of them.
The green-eyed girl elbowed the other sharply, "Shut up! Don't call 'im Frankenstein." She hissed.
The creature walked closer to Dayd, who clutched his prize tightly in his fist. The creature finally spoke, "I don't mean to pry into your business, but if that gem belongs to Miss. Jennavive, then you should give it back." He said a quiet voice.
"I will not take orders from-" Dayd's growl was cut off by Jenna.
"How'd ya'll know my name?" She asked in a suspicious tone.
The copper creature blushed, "I-I'm sorry...I heard it earlier when you and your friends came in." He directed his attention back to Dayd, "Please, give her her necklace back; it seems to be dear to her."
"You know nothing about what you're getting involved in, Frankenstein." Dayd hissed, feeling braver now.
"Don't call 'im Frankenstein!" Jenna shouted.
The copper mobian's voice darkened, "Give it back."
"Or else what, Stitches?" Dayd smirked.
"Don't make fun of 'im!" Jenna growled, clearly not happy at all with the names she was hearing.
"Or else this." The creature replied with a growl; he took a step forward, startling the human into backing away. In a swift move, the copper being swept his foot across the ground, creating a crescent moon shape and muttered something no one present could understand.
"What's he doing?" Vector whispered to his team. His only replies were shrugs.
The creature's eyes glowed black as he chanted, suddenly making hands and arms spring up from the surrounding graves, creating shrieks from the six watching. The hands and arms made way for the rest of the body attached and finally, the undead rose to their feet. Again the creature spoke, this time with a much darker, demonic voice under laying his own, "This is your last chance," He warned, "Return the gem to Miss. Jennavive."
It was then that realization collectively hit the living beings; the summoned were all casting their eyes (Or eye sockets) at Dayd.
"No!" Dayd half yelled, holding the gem tightly and close to him.
"You have been warned." the creature threw his arms forward, both pointing toward Dayd and the summoned began closing in on the human.
For a moment, the scientist froze and weighted his options: Keep the emerald and get God-Knows-What done to him, or give the emerald back and live to steal it another day. "Fine, take it!" He growled, thrusting the blood red gem into its owner's hands.
The instant the gem hit Jenna's hands, the zombies stopped moving and the creature's eyes cleared, though his expression stayed dark; he pointed toward the gate. "Now go." he growled, watching Dayd make hi instant retreat, shouting over his shoulder at promise to steal the emerald from Jenna.
"Hey, um...thanks for that." Jenna thanked the creature after a few stunned moments to silence. The zombies had returned to their graves and the Chaotix and their new companion were alone with the strange creature.
The creature smiled, "It was my pleasure, Miss. Jennavive." he said in the same timid voice.
"Just Jenna."
"Sorry; Miss. Jenna."
"No...just Jenna. Nothin' attached."
"Oooh, I see, I'm sorry...Jenna." His smile seemed to widen some.
"So, ya'll never told us yer name."
The smile disappeared. Now he looked scared and hesitant, which reflected very clearly in his voice."...Corpse...Corpse the Creature."
I completely forgot Dayd's first reaction of meeting Corpse, but I remember it was fun |D CBJ let me put Corpse in here since we're both kinda obsessed wif him right now X3 (Well, I am, anyway) Just a forewarning; he's still in the making (via his faults) so he may seem 'all-powerful-FC' at some points.